• Kaikoura earthquake, the most complex in modern history

    In November 2016, a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand, causing significant damage and between 80 000 – 100 000 landslides. Now, an international team of scientists says the quake was so complex and unusual that it is likely to change how scientists…

  • NIWA adds more faults to the latest Kaikoura fault rupture map

    Scientists on board NIWA’s research vessel Ikatere took to the water in January with state-of-the-art equipment to map the sea floor between Cape Campbell and Spyglass Point to the south of Kaikoura and added more fault ruptures to the fault map of…